retriever

The opposite of a guard dog: Golden retriever begs to play with intruder in San Diego break-in.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Usually Nash, their friendly golden retriever, jumps and barks at new visitors, Rowley said, but once they get inside, “he just thinks it’s time to play.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The event will mark 160 years since the first golden retriever puppies were born at Guisachan House in Glen Affric, near Cannich, in the Highlands.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

I swiped right on a man whose profile pic was of him hiking Runyon Canyon with his golden retriever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

When he entered the house, he was nearly overwhelmed by Grief—which was what his family called their golden retriever.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

Just like some people prefer aloof cats to Labrador retrievers, some people get exhausted by my extroversion and geeky enthusiasm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

A mass gathering of golden retrievers and their owners is to return to the ancestral home of the breed in July 2028.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

When the team compared these results with human genetic studies, they found that twelve of the genes linked to behavior in golden retrievers are also tied to emotional traits and behavior in people.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

Not done waxing poetic about the eyes on the veritable Redford of retrievers, Leonberg also pointed out another benefit of his dog’s particular coloration.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2025

Which would have been no big deal, except for the way they treated their dogs—they had two chocolate Labrador retrievers that rode along with them in the motor home.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen